Samoan War.
The following details of the termination of the war are given :—A meeting of the tJNeutral Territory Government was held to consider what was to be done with the parties who nad encroached upon neutral territory.' 1 Sir Arthur Gordon and Captain Maxwell, of H.M.S. Emerald, were present. It was considered desirable to have the neutral territory cleared of all armed forces. Captain Maxwell was willing to render all the assistance possible to Captain Drenhard; of H.I.M.S. Bistaarplyi On Wednesday evening the BismafcF returned to the harbour from Fiji, and on the following morning Captain Drenhard, met the representative of the party who had] violated the neutral territory agreement, and informed him of the decision come to—that the fortnight had expired in which he was to vacate the neutral 'territory, and instead of doing so they had encroached further) and had [shown their ingratitude by plundering the foreigners' plantations. He inflicted a fine upon them for this, and gavl them to understand that they were be off the neutral territory by 10 a.m. ne|t day. The Bismarck cent six armed boatskshore and captured 200 stand of arms inside the neutral territory. j
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Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 2 January 1880, Page 3
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194Samoan War. Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 2 January 1880, Page 3
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